Category Archives: leadership

An art teacher turned personal trainer and body builder, Mary Ann Ficociello was no stranger to the rewards of concentrated effort. Discovering networking marketing through products shared by one of her personal training clients she was intrigued, but it wasn’t until connecting with the company’s philosophy that she was willing to dedicate herself to growing […]

How much can we learn about social behavior and the will to succeed in MLM from laws of physics? Isaac Newton’s laws of motion state that an object at rest will remain at rest, whereas a body in motion stays in motion. A network marketer at rest will remain stagnant, whereas a network marketer in […]

Everyday we’re confronted with tips and ideas for how to live a more enriching life: commercials inform us how to get a chiseled body, television tells us how to have the perfect home, posters show us where to travel. Magazines teach how to be a better spouse or how to make a delicious and low […]

If sales were like a cocktail party, there’d always be one person boisterously clamoring about the room with a commanding presence while demanding the attention of all the party-goers. Entertaining though they are, the friendships they’re making are superficial and fleeting. The people who are building lasting relationships and engaging in meaningful conversation, however, are […]

If you’ve ever been nervous about speaking in public or in front of a group of people, you’re not alone. Public speaking is considered one of the most common fears among Americans, and even professionals and industry leaders have had to overcome obstacles in order to feel comfortable speaking in front of a crowd. Effective […]

Hope is not a strategy, Luck is not a factor, and fear is not an option. These are some valuable words to remember when entering into a network marketing company. The MLM industry is unique in so many ways. It isn’t your typical nine-to-five job; you are your own boss, you set your own rules […]

Always the outgoing type, Alton Patterson seemed to have a permanent smile on his face. He had worked his way into a government job with decent pay, a company car, and flexible hours – but it just didn’t seem to fit. Alton was spending more than an hour sitting in traffic to get to his […]

Let’s face it, we’ve all been late before. It’s happened to the best of us, whether it was our own doing (“just one more cup of coffee, one more push of the snooze button”), or we got stuck in traffic, or something unexpected arose (your neighbor’s girlfriend’s aunt’s catsitter needed a ride to the bus […]

We ordinarily think of our goals as a finish line, a place-marker for success. We set goals and strive to achieve them in our daily lives, and when we finally crawl past that finish line we feel accomplished. But what if we were to reimagine this journey? Let’s say there is no finish line. Without […]

Oftentimes, throughout our lives, we are told that in order to be successful we have to become a leader. But what constitutes a leader? This question is persistent throughout our lives, especially our professional lives. A “leader” is rare, a gift constantly sought after, but this trait can exist within all of us. You have […]